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The series formerly known as Timewatch now goes under the less pithy title History Zone Films. The first in a new run, Kings and Beasts (Saturday 8.05 BBC2), centres on the Tower of London, which was a royal menagerie from the age of Edward III (when it housed three lions) to 1835, when its remaining animals were transferred to Regent's Park zoo. Excavations at the site by Oxford archaeologist Graham Keevill are used to tell the story and reflect on changing attitudes towards animals. Among the other experts are historians Harriet Ritvo and Hilda Kean (of Ruskin College, Oxford), Rory Browne of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Geoffrey Parnell, Keeper of the Tower of London (credited as the programme's historical consultant).

SATURDAY April 15.

Biography: Tojo (7.00 History Channel). Japan's war-time prime minister profiled: was he treated unfairly by the US after the war?

History Zone Films: Kings and Beasts (8.05 BBC2). See pick of the week.

SUNDAY April 16.

Sunday Feature: The Romantic Road (5.45 R3). Julian Evans starts a monthly series on the literary traditions of European countries with a visit to Spain, in which the emphasis is on the legacy of Cervantes.

Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (7.00 C4). This week, Montaigne on self-esteem.

Rover: The Last Chance Saloon (8.00 C4). One-off documentary tracing the decline and fall of Rover cars from the 1970s on.